White Stork Ringing (Banding)

1988 – present: Bird ringing or bird banding, unfortunately, is not a target activity for Birds of Armenia. Nevertheless, during implementation of our projects we used the chances of ringing various species in small numbers. Among ringed birds are species such as:

Bluethroat

Radde’s Accentor

Black and Griffon Vultures

Trumpeter Finch

Pale Rockfinch

Rock Sparrow

Grey-necked Bunting

Mongolian Finch

Upcher’s Warbler

Eastern Rock Nuthatch

Crested Lark

White Stork.

The major ringing (banding) activity was conducted within the framework of the White Stork Project - there have been 284 White Stork nestlings ringed.

Thus Birds of Armenia keeps a database of ring (band) records for Armenia, information for ring recoveries for the last 20 years, and distributes and manages rings among local responsible ringers.

In 2008 ring (band) data regarding a White Stork was obtained. The bird was found in Saudi Arabia 1418 kilometers far from its ringing site.